Simulation-Driven Product Development: Will Form Finally Follow Function?

Jessica Harris — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:33:03 -0500

3D models and up-front simulation are driving detailed design in CAD and engineers are bringing competitive products to market more quickly, easily, and efficiency. Learn how.

The Changing Shape of 3D Modeling

Josh Rader — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:49:11 -0500

Authored by:
Blake Courter
Cofounder
SpaceClaim Corp.
Concord, Mass.
www.spaceclaim.com

Editedy by Leslie Gordon
leslie.gordon@penton.com

Finding the Best Design Fast

Jared Rader — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:37:37 -0500

Authored by:
Alex Van der Velden
Director of Simulatioin Lifecycle Management (SLM)

Jim Soltisz
SLM Business Consultant
SIMULIA
Providence, R.I.

Edited by Leslie Gordon
leslie.gordon@penton.com

Unleash the Power of Virtual Prototyping

Jessica Harris — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:27:08 -0500

Need to create great products faster and cheaper in order to stay competitive? No problem. Virtual Prototyping is an easy way to cut manufacturing costs and bring products to market faster while increasing innovation and productivity throughout the whole design process.

This live webinar will cover:

Distinguishing the prototyping facts from myths
The importance of analysis and simulation
Best practices to ensure top design performance
Streamlining industrial design, engineering and manufacturing

Featuring:

A computational knowledge engine

Leslie_Gordon — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:22:23 -0500

According to Wolfram Research, its computational knowledge engine WolframAlpha (still in beta mode), will eventually make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone.

Social Networking in Engineering

Josh Rader — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:20:19 -0500

Authored by:
Leslie Gordon
Senior Editor
leslie.gordon@penton.com
My blog: Leslie_Gordon

Points to ponder:
• Like it or not, social networking is increasingly affecting how engineers work.
• Virtual worlds may soon be a handy way for designers to test products with consumers.

A Device Uses Two LCD Monitors and a Semitransparent Mirror to Generate 3D Images

Jared Rader — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:19:02 -0500

Engineers at Planar Systems Inc., Beaverton, Oreg. (www.planar.com), have developed a low-cost StereoMirror display. The display combines two monitors to view 3D images. The new SD1710 offers 1,280 × 1,024-pixel resolution.

New FDM support material

Leslie_Gordon — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:21:34 -0500

Fortus 3D Production Systems, a brand of Stratasys, announces SR-30, a new soluble support material for use with ABS-M30 and ABS-M30i thermoplastics. The material provides faster dissolve-times for the FDM additive-fabrication process. Compared with its predecessor (SR-20) the new SR-30 support material delivers a 69% reduction in dissolve time in an agitation tank, and a 46 % dissolve time reduction in an ultrasonic tank, on average.

Visualize CFD models using only the mouse

Leslie_Gordon — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:43:59 -0500

EnSight CFD software works with the EnSight 9.0 Suite from Computational Engineering International to let users post-process and visualize a CFD model using only the mouse. The software includes improved readers for analysis packages such as FLUENT and CFX. The readers make quantities such as radial velocity, pressure gradient, and mach number available to users automatically so they don’t have to to manually create them.

Peninsular Cylinder Website Lets Users Customize Hydraulic and Pneumatic Cylinder Designers and Download 2D Drawings and 3D Mode

Jared Rader — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:56:57 -0500

Peninsular Cylinders Co., peninsularcylinders.com

MACHINE DESING CAD Library, http://machinedesign.com/cad

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